“Restore the Delta,” the Astroturf group that supports the unsustainable status quo for the troubled California Delta, has made a lot of noise during the past decade about the proposals for California’s water future.

According to the group’s website, the organization is “a grassroots campaign of residents and organizations committed to restoring the Sacramento-S…

Last fall, anti-soda activists dubbed their campaign against beverage manufacturers and distributors as “Berkeley vs. Big Soda.” It had a nice (and apparently effective) ring to it, conjuring up the images of a grassroots David vs. Goliath campaign against giant corporations.

But now, as the actual implementation of this pioneering soda tax begins to unfold, it appear…

California’s Latino voters favor former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa over Attorney General Kamala Harris in the race for the U.S. Senate, with other Latino and non-Latino candidates trailing far behind, according to a new poll conducted for the California Majority Report by Bendixen and Amandi International, a Miami-based polling firm specializing in the Latino elect…

Millions of Californians receive quality health care thanks to the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal. And though most would probably thank President Obama or the Governor for that, Peter Harbage, who passed away Tuesday at age 43, after a courageous fight with cancer, had a lot to do with it too.
“Peter is the unsung architect of health care reform in the United States,” says…

Want to discover what’s happening in parks across California, find places where you can do everything from camping to climbing to playing basketball, plan a trip, share images and comments, and invite friends to join you? Now there’s an app for that.

“CaliParks” is California’s first park finder application covering every park in the state—11,826 parks in all.…

Plastic bag companies have raised more than $3,346,000 and spent $3,266,679 in their attempt to put a repeal of California’s plastic bag ban on the ballot, outspending bill supporters by more than 25-1.

According to reports filed yesterday with the Secretary of State, 97.9 percent of the funds for the effort are from companies from outside of California. All donations t…

“Here in California, we are lucky to have state parks that encompass not only the natural beauty of our forests, deserts, mountains and coastline, but also the cultural importance and historical relevance of many places in our state. The new report by California Parks Forward emphasizes preserving the integrity of our state parks while increasing and modernizing the public’s ability to access these i…

Calling for a “fundamental transformation” of the state’s 1.6 million acre park system, the Parks Forward Commission today issued its final plan that recommends a series of sweeping changes to ensure the long-term sustainability of California’s state parks.

The Commission, an independent panel of leaders across the state charged by the Governor and Legislature…

Supporters of the state’s plastic bag ban today refiled their complaint with California Attorney General Kamala Harris over deceptive signature gathering by petition gatherers seeking a repeal of the law. The move comes after the Secretary of State’s office said it would not review the complaint because Secretary of State Alex Padilla had a conflict as author of the legislat…

The Majority Vote

Which One of These Candidates or Measures Will Get the Most Votes in November?